Twisted-Wonderland: Our Precious Treasure (Part 2)

(120) TTotSS: Falling Underwater!

The cat among the rubbles didn't move after whispering the sentence. Even tapping his head with his cane didn't wake him up. The Octavinelle Prefect frowned. What in the world happened to the cat? Something was twitching underneath Grim. Azul knelt and pushed the cat off the object. A beautiful woven carpet sprung up, shaking itself to get rid of the dust and pebbles.

"A magic carpet?" he mumbled in confusion. Where did he manage to get it? He looked around the rubbles again until he spotted an opened suitcase. The clothes were spilled out, along with other items-

-Including a golden sphere-like object.

Footsteps from two different directions caught his ears.

Behind him, Floyd and Jade came out from the back. Even without looking and from the noise Floyd let out, he knew that both were just as confused as him of the mess. At the same time, a pair of Scarabia students, a blond and a purplenette, came bursting through the door.

"We got him!" the blond shouted.

Azul took a quick glance at the unconscious cat before looking back at the Scarabia students. Quickly connecting the dots, he pulled a conclusion: Scarabia was looking for the cat. What did they get themselves into now? Slowly he stood up, facing the newcomers. "Welcome," he said, tapping his cane to let the two boys focus on him, "can I help you?"

The purplenette squeaked, jumping to hide behind his blond friend. "A-A-A-Azul Ashengrotto!" he shrieked.

Azul titled his head, staring at them blankly. "I'll repeat: Can I help you?"

The purplenette nudged the blond, still clearly afraid. The blond cleared his throat, hiding his magical pen behind his back. "We're here to take Grim back. He tried to escape from our training camp."

Looks like he's quite close with his conclusion. "Can I ask why he escapes in the first place?"

"I-It's none of Octavinelle's concern!" the blond screamed, followed by him gulping.

"Hah?" Floyd spoke, as he and Jade stepped forward, positioning themselves slightly in front of. "Who do you think you're talking to?" His threatening voice managed to make the two boys stepped back.

"I cannot allow any sort of scuffle here in Mostro Lounge," Azul continued, tapping his cane in front of Grim's face, blocking him. "This is a gentleman's place, after all."

"Y-You can't just interfere like this!" shouted the purplenette.

The blond gritted his teeth. "We have no choice then!" He pointed his magical pen toward Azul, the orange gem glowing. "We'll just take them all by force!"

Azul raised his chin. "Hmph, I am afraid that I cannot make a deal with such rowdy customers." He tapped his cane, creating a bubble force-field around him and Grim. "Jade, Floyd. Throw them out."

The twins were grinning like the predator they were. "Okay~"/"Alright."

When the Leech Twins stepped forward, the blond struck first, stomping his foot, sending jagged ice from the ground toward the twins, but Jade dashed out of the way while Floyd jumped out. The purplenette spun his magical pen, creating some sort of electric whip, and tried to attack Floyd. But Floyd was more agile than he thought (and he should've known this), back-flipping, cart-wheeling, and attacking back just with his physical body.

Jade attack, sending sharp droplets toward the purplenette, but the blond came between them, bringing his hand forward to freeze the water. Floyd jumped toward the blond, hitting him in the right spot that caused his arms to go paralyzed. The purplenette slashed his whipped toward Jade, but the eel boy just skipped every spark. With one strike from his water, he disarmed the purplenette.